Happy birthday Illinois! Illinois Inquiry Study

Our inquiry into Illinois has begun and everyone worked hard last week learning about Illinois and sharing in their inquiry discussion groups. Since we had so much success with book clubs, we decided to use these groups to continue to grow our discussion skills along with learning to take notes and pull out important information in informational texts. It was so great to hear how much everyone learned about Illinois! I was informed yesterday that today was Illinois birthday! I would like to say we planned to learn that but the kids found it and were so excited! Here are some photos from the great discussions this past week.